Cost-of-Living Yardstick Must Weigh Purchasing Power, Expert Says

Published on Honduras Daily · Jul 3, 2026 · Originally reported July 1, 2026 by Radio Cadena Voces (X)

Darwin Ponce, president of the advocacy group Artículo 19, argues that comparing Honduras's food-basket prices with other countries ignores local purchasing power, and that the basic basket for a five-person urban family costs about 16,000 lempiras (roughly $640), not the four-person figure some use.